Associated Press — DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Country music star Keith Urban performed a surprise two-song set for reporters to kickoff his day at the Daytona 500, where he was the featured artist for Sunday's pre-race concert.... more info

Perez Hilton — Spotted: Nicole Kidman and hubby Keith Urban on a Valentine's day movie date at Green Hills Mall in Nashville. more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Keith Urban [ tickets ], who is set to release his fifth studio album next month, has revealed the first round of dates for his upcoming "Escape Together World Tour." So far, the country star has 30 stops booked across the country thr... more info

PopSugar UK — Kym Marsh and Jamie Lomas's baby boy has died after being born 18 weeks early. Archie Jay Lomas died moments after being delivered. Kym released a statement saying: "Archie is our beautiful angel and we will miss him so much. Thank you all for your... more info

Undercover, Australia — Nashville based Aussie country star Keith Urban and his wife Nicole Kidman have donated $500,000 to the Australian Bushfire Appeal. more info

ContactMusic — Actress Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban have donated A$500,000 (£228,278) to the appeal for victims of the devastating Australian bushfires.More than ... more info

Perez Hilton — As we mentioned earlier this week, the deadly fires in Victoria, Australia have caused so much damage and death down under. In a kind gesture for her homeland, Nicole Kidman and her hubby, Keith Urban, have just donated A$500,000 (about $300,000 US)... more info

Perez Hilton — The nominees for the 44th Annual Country Music Awards were announced Wednesday morning and Jessica Blimpson was conspicuously absent from the list, which included multiple nods for Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, and Carrie Underwood. She had ZERO nominat... more info

ACountry — 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards nominations were announced at a press conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame(R) and Museum in Nashville by Julianne Hough, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes and Jessica Simpson.  Brad Paisley leads with six n... more info

Allmusic Blog — Bassist Orlando “Cachaito” Lopez, who helped found Buena Vista Social Club in the 1990s, died yesterday of prostate cancer. He had turned 76 years old less than one week prior. [Yahoo.com] Responding to his fans’ shrinking wallets, Keith Urban ... more info